Ingrid Mattson is a Canadian Muslim convert professor and activist and a former president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA).

She earned her Ph.D. in Islamic studies from the University of Chicago in 1999. She went on to be very active in educating Canadian Muslims to become active participants in Canadian society at large.

She is now Director of the Duncan Black Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations and Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut.

She founded the Islamic Chaplaincy program at Hartford Seminary, the first Islamic chaplaincy program in the United States.

The topic of this first talk she gave at Hartford last May is Purity, Simplicity and Balance

A Conversation with Ingrid Mattson

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What Does It Mean to be a Muslim in America?

In this Pennsylvania State University video, Ingrid Mattson, the first
female president of the Islamic Society of North America, talks about
converting to Islam and the need for understanding the Muslim community.

Mattson is a professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim
Relations at Hartford Seminary in Connecticut.

Community in IslamThis talk by Professor Ingrid Mattson was part of the film "Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet", filmed at her home where she hosts a weekly meeting for women to get together, read the Quran and learn Islam

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